Tangail-1

Tangail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6th August 2024 this constituency is vacant.

Tangail-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Tangail District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	364,991 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 129 Pirojpur-3 131 Tangail-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhanbari and Madhupur upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdus Sattar	JaSaD[4]
	1979	Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury	BNP[5][6]
	1981 by-election	Syeda Ashiqua Akbar
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Nizamul Islam	Awami League[7]
	1988	Khandaker Anwarul Haque	Independent[8]
	1991	Abul Hasan Chowdhury	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Abdus Salam Talukder	BNP
	Jun 1996	Abul Hasan Chowdhury	Awami League
	2001	Mohammad Abdur Razzaque

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdur Razzak was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-1^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohammad Abdur Razzaque	171,022	65.7	+15.5
	BNP	Fakir Mahbub Anam	88,461	34.0	+13.1
	KSJL	Habibur Rahman Talukder	808	0.3	−0.8
Majority			82,561	31.7	+8.8
Turnout			260,291	90.0	+15.2
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Tangail-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohammad Abdur Razzaque	98,413	50.2	−0.9
	Independent	Abdul Gafur Montu	53,509	27.3	N/A
	BNP	Fakir Mahbub Anam	40,972	20.9	−22.4
	KSJL	Abdul Kader Siddique	2,206	1.1	N/A
	IJOF	Fatema Khan	805	0.4	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Jamilur Rahman Khan	122	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. A. Gafur	80	0.0	N/A
Majority			44,904	22.9	+15.1
Turnout			196,107	74.8	−1.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abul Hasan Chowdhury	77,738	51.1	+12.7
	BNP	Abdus Salam Talukdar	65,834	43.3	+6.9
	JP(E)	Abu Sayeed Khan	4,286	2.8	+1.9
	JI	Mujibur Rahman	4,170	2.7	−5.5
Majority			11,904	7.8	+5.8
Turnout			152,028	76.6	+23.8
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Tangail-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abul Hasan Chowdhury	37,454	38.4
	BNP	Asika Akbar	35,507	36.4
	JSD (S)	Md. Abdus Samad	14,810	15.2
	JI	Mujibur Rahman	7,989	8.2
	JP(E)	Abu Sayeed Khan	868	0.9
	CPB	Shree Soroj Bondhu Dev	812	0.8
Majority			1,947	2.0
Turnout			97,440	52.8
	AL gain from